latest track has it going north of dominican repuck lynn and norm of cuba and land fall in southeastern florida may be coming up southeast coast of florida and south carolina georgia border there monday as category 2. so still plenty to be concerned with. carolinas have to be concerned and obviously florida taking it seriously as we talk to rick scott making sure they're out of the way and clustering center east of florida east coast and again it's a large system and sure cabe conditions will be felt there along the coast for s sure. hurricane hunter explore irma and you can see how closely watching that path tonight still finding winds sustained at 185 miles an hour as they cross through center of this very dangerous unprecedented and historic storm. as moves to that water we'll watch to see what happens. if there's any change. 85 digirolamo water is going to fuel that system and unfortunately things go downhill late this weekend for florida as well as bahamas. tony, shawn, that's the lateet own irma and much more on our forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you sue. >> and search and rescue tea

miguel almaguer is in southeastern florida, florida city.ter: savannah, good morning. believe it or not, we're actually 8 to 10 miles away from the coastline. the big concern is not the storm surge, it's not even the hammering rain that's blinding at times. it's that powerful wind that you can see is pushing me around a little bit here. it's knocked out power to so many people in this entire city. but not just this city. across the entire region here. first responders say it's too dangerous to actually go out and conduct any rescues. the mayor says most of the city is at home, did not evacuate, is hunkering down at home. but we don't know the state of the city right now, because it's too dangerous to venture much further down the road here. we're protected, our crew is und under an overhang. we're in a safe place. these roads here back here can be incredibly dangerous. they're wind tunnels, because the wind is coming right in this direction, blowing everything from trash cans to trees. even a newsstand we saw blow down from wind here. the co

is not out of danger, so for those people who have not evacuated southeastern florida who have said this thing is going to the west it's not going to hit me, it's clearly going to hit them. >> it will. they're not going to see the worst of the catastrophic damage in southeast florida but it will still be life-threatening storm surge, wind damage, power outages, we'll see all that because of the size of the storm. >> raphael we'll catch up with you throughout the course of the morning and afternoon. gadd gadi schwartz, what are you looking at? >> reporter: this is an area ravaged by hurricane andrew 25 years ago. let me switch the camera here. you see the subdivision we're in, the houses are very protected, they are concrete condominiums and sandbags in front of them. you've got the storm shutters up. it looks like metal storm shutters for most of the houses here. there are a lot of people that are staying here. they're staying put and they've got families coming to this particular subdivision to stay here because the homes they feel are safe enough to withstand this storm. this

if you know anybody in southeastern florida please urge them to evacuate.>>> that is it for "wusa9 newst we always on on our mobile app or website. until then, have a great afternoon. >> mariah: hi. uh, hey. i was just, um... admiring your technique. you have great form. you look really, uh... really zen. >> tessa: you look hot. >> nick: sharon, you took an ice pick to alice's tire? why? >> sharon: desperate times. >> nick: what do you gain by stranding her and her car downtown? i'm going to figure out if that's the same car i saw transporting bailed-out prostitutes from the police station. >> nick: [ sighs ] >> sharon: same car that drove crystal away. and,or

hurricane-force winds and notice saturday evening we'll talk about those approaching the keys and also southeastern florida. landfall early sunday morning in and around miami. that's the latest thinking and, again, the up the coast here of florida but also over the inland areas and also still concerned about gusty winds, some cases damaging winds and flash flooding all the way into georgia and in toward south carolina. so, some big impacts coming up here over the course of the next couple of days. notice where the hurricane warnings are in effect and will likely to continue to be extended further north as we go throughout the daytime hours. damaging impacts continue into early week. we're also following jose, notice it's making its move here toward the leeward islands and this is a very dangerous hurricane as well. we're also very concerned here, hurricane watches are in effect, the worst of the conditions here friday night into early sunday morning potentially damaging. nick. diane. >> yeah, those islands have suffered so much from irma already. very much hoping it changes course. >>> georgia's governoror

we are very confident it will be making the move toward southeastern florida as we bear down into the to prepare. >> luckily, people are at least doing that. justin povick from accuweather, thank you. and irma is likely to be the most powerful hurricane to hit florida in more than than 80 years. >> many gas stations have already run out. abc's alex perez has more. >> reporter: long lines, bare shelves and frayed nerves, as all of florida braces for what could be the worst hurricane to hit the state in decades. >> it's very important that everybody in our state gets prepared. >> reporter: and take a look here at this publix grocery store where the sports drinks and water would be. shelves completely empty, people scooping up what they can when they can. the goefrnl declaring a state of emergency. >> a category five hurricane. it's really scary. you have to be prepared as much as possible. >> reporter: for some, harvey's destruction in texas is fueling the fear. >> saw what happened in houston, four feet of rain. they're saying this storm's going to be worse. >> reporter: in the low-lyi

that friday, saturday, sunday time frame and the concern turns to cuba also the bahamas and southeastern florida. the most likely scenario here is that the system will impact florida in a major way, we're going to talk about extreme surf conditions, more so waves topping 25 feet, the potential for hurricane-force winds and also a dangerous storm surge, again, as this, like i said, makes its move off to the west and northwest the next several days. nick, diane. >> justin, thank you very much. >>> and lurking behind irma is tropical storm jose. it could become a hurricane by tonight but did not expected to threaten the u.s. >>> moving on to the other top stories, president trump is now promising to revisit his decision to end the daca program. he tweeted overnight that congress has six months to legalize it and if that doesn't >> young immigrants now protected from deportation by the program turned out from coast to coast to rally against the decision that could force them from the only home they've ever known. abc's emily rau has more. >> i have a great heart for the folks we're talking about. a

we are very confident it will be making the move toward southeastern florida as we bear down into the upcoming weekend. now is the time to prepare. >> luckily, people are at least doing that. justin povick f thank you. and irma is likely to be the most powerful hurricane to hit florida in more than than 80 years. >> many gas stations have already run out. abc's alex perez has more. >> reporter: long lines, bare shelves and frayed nerves, as all of florida braces for what could be the worst hurricane to hit the state in decades. >> it's very important that everybody in our state gets prepared. >> reporter: and take a look here at this publix grocery store where the sports drinks and water would be. shelves completely empty, people scooping up what they can when they can. the goefrnl declaring a state of emergency. >> a category five hurricane. it's really scary. you have to be prepared as much as possible. >> reporter: for some, harvey's destruction in texas is fueling the fear. >> saw what happened in houston, four feet of rain. they're saying this storm's going to be worse. >> ror fl

but yet, there was a thought that it was going to be miami and southeastern florida that got the direct find that you had to scramble, or some people really had to scramble? >> well, there were certainly some who felt that they wanted to ride it out. and for those who made that decision, there was certainly a scramble. and, of course, in large part, they've been able to get out. this thing is pointed to us and we're bracing for a direct hit, yes. >> we wish you luck. obviously, we're going to keep a close eye on what's happening in your city and all up and down the west coast. mayor henderson, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we've got jo ling kent back with us in ft. lauderdale. jo, what's the latest? >> reporter: hey, matt, the clouds are really moving in. the skies are darkening as the outer bands of irma come and make landfall here. of course, we're far away from the eye of the storm. you still feel the winds and rain picking up. it's doing significant damage here. you can see, we're out if ft. lauderdale and some big tree branches have fallen in the last couple of hours. in fa

moving west, northwest oaf the past teb days and the track is just north of cuba and extreme southeastern floridain the cone of uncertainty. >> forecast, warm tomz and beautiful wednesday starts thursday. this is great early fall weather into monday. if hurricane irma would to impact us in some way it would not be until later in the 7 day forecast. >> that forecast is looking fabulous >> part of texas underwater despite >> hello hello. >> despite all the trouble they've been having and water on the ground the mayor says the city is open for business. >> death toll is about 60 harvey and thousands are homeless and cleanup is barely started on the billions of damage left behind and as we mentioned congress is work on sdaingtser relief pack answering. fire and rescue crews are dealing with holdouts in these areas and chemical situation northeast of city. sduing dug has the latest. >> you see the raiming water behind me here and armyy corps of engineers release water to buffalo buy uhere. knoc you have ten minutes get out. there was a can he in my house. >> many angry after mandatory evacuation of so

the winds have gone offshore across southeastern florida, ft. lauderdale and the miami area. it is going to continue to be he owe if you have any flights in or out of atlanta, you need to call your carrier. there are a mountain of cancellations there. the worst for tampa bay is the wind is coming back on shore. so yesterday you had all that wind offshore and as a result the water literally was draining out of tampa bay. that's turning now as the storm surge is wind is spreading as far north as north georgia. i think rain stays as close as west virginia today. we'll be dry here. we'll deal with the rains from irma tomorrow and the rest of the week. otherwise, a chilly and dry start to the day. >>> and we want to show you some of the powerful images coming out of florida this morning. this shows how strong the winds were when this monster made landfall in naples. meteorologist mike bet he is there. it hit naples with wind gusts of 142 miles per hour. if you look at this video, the hurricane passing over naples, the eyewall ever the hurricane past the most did he -- inside the e

coverage of hurricane irma as it is making landfall in florida and the keys, you see it battering southeastern florida, see signs of it in western florida. we'll stay on it. our correspondents are all over the region. the region. live coverage continues after hi. oh, hi! welcome to the neighborhood. i brought you this pie to see if you're weird. wow, that smells intrusive. it is. did you want to come in, maybe snoop around a bit? that's why i'm here. wouldn't it be great if everyone said what they meant? ooh, i smell onions! the citi® double cash card does. only citi lets you earn 1% cash back when you buy, and 1% as you pay. the citi double cash card. double means double. perfect. when i walked through for a cigarette, that's when i knew i had to quit. for real this time. that's why i'm using nicorette. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste, plus intense craving relief. every great why needs a great how. ♪ that trop50 could taste so good and still have 50% fewer calories. can i stop, jane? no. trop50. tastes so good you won't believe it has 50% fewer calories. ♪ the b

when you look on the southeastern part of florida, 50 to 75 miles per hour winds. the storm surge three to five feet, that will be sunday by 2:00 p.m. naples and ft. meyers midday to today. 100 to 125 miles per hour winds. high today this evening. tampa bay tonight, 100 miles per hour winds. five to eight foot storm surge. monday morning at 2:00 a.m., 115 miles per hour winds and it moves into jacksonville tomorrow with winds of 75 miles per hour. four to six foot storm surge. a high tide at 12:01 p.m. it continues into atlanta at a tropical storm. they have tropical storm watching for atlanta for the first time since 2000. you can see the winds as the day wears on and this system makes it's way up the coast. you're going to see winds and wind gusts getting well over 75 to 80 miles per hour. all of the way to monday afternoon. a big problem and that storm big story coming out of this. not just the wind, but the storm surge that is when we get the most damage and death. tampa bay, five to eight feet. you get down to southwest florida. 10 to 15 feet in naples. and it

the keys and southwest florida. 125 to 150 moo mooil-mile-per-hour winds, ten to 15 feet and southeastern florida, 50 to 75 miles per hour and storm surge of five feet. it will move in the day sometime afternoon into the evening hours, west central florida, 100 to 125-mile-per-hour winds, storm surge of five to ten feet and rainfall 10 to 15 inches continuing into georgia as a category 1 storm with five to ten inches of rain and during its whole path we are talking about the threat of tornados. storm surge of course the big problem. we'll be watching that anywhere from 5 to 15 feet of storm surge, lester? >> all right, al roker setting it up for us, thank you. >>> this has been a day of highage night for many people on p florida's gulf coast. new evacuation orders sent tens of thousands rushing to find a safe place to ride out the storm. gabe gutierrez is in estero, where all day the pictures have been incredible. >> reporter: lester tonight this massive shelter is almost at capacity, for many of these evacuees it was a desperate scramble once they realized irma was on its way and they had few op

the winds have gone offshore across southeastern florida, ft. lauderdale and the miami area.ts in or out of atlanta, you need to call your carrier. there are a mountain of cancellations there. the worst for tampa bay is the wind is coming back on shore. so yesterday you had all that wind offshore and as a result the water literally was draining out of tampa bay. that's turning now as the storm surge is

in the next several hours it makes its way toward naples but it will be affecting southeastern florida with 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts, 3 to 5 feet storm surge and high tide is at 12:26. as it continues north, nape eldeld -- naples, ft. myers, they'll see 100 to 125-mile-per-hour winds, storm surges of 10 to 15 feet. overnight tonight into the night hours, tampa bay will see a storm surge of 5 to 8 feet with winds of 75 to 100 miles per hour. up in jacksonville on the east side of the state, 50 to 75-mile-per-hour winds. it will be 65-mile-per-hour winds where the governor is right now in tallahassee. and this system will continue to push up. we've had a big gust of 106 miles per hour. as the day wears on, those strong winds will make their way into the midsection of the state as well and this is going to be a 24-hour event. this system is going to take its sweet time getting through the state and then moving on into georgia and on into parts of the southeast. storm surge, again, the big problem. we cannot stress enough about this storm surge. we're talking about storm surge warnings

you're talking hundreds of patients and then 7,000 patients a day visit the emergency room in southeastern florida hospitals are closing care is limited so people need to get out of the state. >> so listen for people that need electrical equipment. >> that's a key one. tens of thousands of people, the estimate is 20,000 people in the area are dependent on electrical equipment for their daily life. that's oxygen generators, dialysis and others and that's not going to be there as the storm hits the shore so those people need to get out and the problem is transport. if you're on oxygen and it's going 10 miles per hour and you're trying to drive from miami to georgia it's impossible to do. this is a very complicated procedure and they'll need medical transport and that's what shaping now. >> i just wanted to show this scene because it happened yesterday at a lowe's where a woman had driven 30 miles to get a generator and this man said here take my generator but that -- they just embraced and hugged for a long time. she was incredibly emotional. it just brings home how dependent people are on electrici

southeastern florida, we are looking for 5-10. six have been 12 feet as possible on the southwest coast. our greatest concern will be for the florida keys as they are low-lying islands and 5-10 feet can inundate all if not most given that there will be large waves on top. we do not expect to have much change in winds, but we do have rainfall 8-15 feet. 20 inches and flooding in the in land area. very strong winds in a land. and on the coast and potentially deadly storm. at the national hurricane center center. >> he is in the florida keys tonight, where the wind and rain are already picking up in advance of the arrival of this normal make enormous hurricane. what does it look like down there and kim xp got the wind is a lot stronger than it was yesterday. starting to get a little bit dusty. you can deafly see the low clouds moving a lot faster than they were yesterday. the moisture is also a lot higher as well. >> it doesn't seem like anyone is here. to our emergency managers here. police officers. they'll be working hard to the st

still going to remain warm over the southeastern florida appeared: the first of across the rockies, particularlyntial for rainfall over the southwestern taxes at the area of low pressure. we really don't need to get this because of what happened to harvey. a lot of people are excited. 66 on saturday and sunday around new york city on sunday. getting to his seasonal averages at nightfall factions. lauren: finally put the sunblock away. cheryl: genus, thank you. good running weather. i appreciate that. lauren: i don't run. cheryl: sometimes it's hard to say you are sorry. an apology in all three journals is offering more support for victims of the massive hacker attack. we are going to take a look at the wildlife in times of american icon. "playboy" founder hugh hefner has died overnight. we will have details of the look back at his life. we will be right back. i'm val. the orange money retirement squirrel from voya. i represent the money you save for the future. see? we're putting away acorns to show the importance of being organized. that's smart. who's he? he's the green money you can spend now

surge elsewhere, we're expecting 5-10 feet of storm surge in the florida keys and the extreme southeastern florida including the west side of biscayne bay. we're also expecting storm surge all the way up the east coast of florida as well, life-threatening surge. so, please, heed any evacuation orders you've been given. in terms of rainfall, we're expecting widespread, heavy rain across much of florida. we could see 8-15 inches across much of the peninsula with isolated totals as high as 20 inches and even higher totals in the keys, 10-20 inches, isolated amounts as high as 25. and some of this rainfall will linger into the early portions of next week, and we'll also expect to see heavy rains up into georgia and the southern appalachians. this is mike brennan at the national hurricane center with your 2 p.m. update on hurricane irma. elizabeth: all right. as you heard there, mike brennan from the national hurricane service, giving us an update where we know the storm is moving around 9 miles per hour heading in a north/northwesterly direction. the eye is emerging off the coast and they expect a dir

coverage of hurricane irma as it is making landfall in florida and the keys, you see it battering southeastern floridas of it in western florida. we'll stay on it. our correspondents are all over the region. the region. live coverage continues after hi. oh, hi! welcome to the neighborhood. i brought you this pie to see if you're weird. wow, that smells intrusive. it is. did you want to come in, maybe snoop around a bit? that's why i'm here. wouldn't it be great if everyone said what they meant? ooh, i smell onions! the citi® double cash card does. only citi lets you earn 1% cash back when you buy, and 1% as you pay. the citi double cash card. double means double. perfect. when i walked through for a cigarette, that's when i knew i had to quit. for real this time. that's why i'm using nicorette. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste, plus intense craving relief. every great why needs a great how. ♪ that trop50 could taste so good and still have 50% fewer calories. can i stop, jane? no. trop50. tastes so good you won't believe it has 50% fewer calories. ♪ the best things

bit of a turn but boy, not only will they have storm surge flooding of five to 10 feet for southeastern floridahas been put up for that area they'll have flooding for rain, it could be seven to 12-inches and of course the wind. so a triple threat. a lot of glass could break in area. 1.9 million people live in broward county and yes, we're still tracking three hurricanes. josÉ got a little bit stronger today, category three. irma is still a five. katia still a one. that one likely is stalled and by the way hasn't made a landfall yet. latest on irma. as it tracks again through the turks and caicos, this is why there's some concern. remember yesterday it was on the coast. please note the wide cone of uncertainty. keys aren't off the hook yet. tips of the bahamas not off the hook but on this path certainly it would be scraping through the peninsula, not necessarily as close to charleston as it was yesterday but more of a coast now and then on up and into the tennessee valley. so, one thing that could change, and i know i do need to wrap it up here but this weakening atlantic ridge eventually a litt

southeastern florida still will have some tropical storm-force winds. we already have gusts almost to hurricane d hurricane-force. sgled r >> ed rappaport, thanks to everything you do. appreciate it. irma's strength has ravaged the caribbean and we've been following her destruction every step of the way. after the break, we'll talk to the mayor of puerto rico where cleanup has just begun as hundreds of thousands of residents remain in the dark. but first, dramatic images, check this out, dolphins had to be air lifted to safety as irma bears down on cuba. we'll continue to for him irma's track all through the night. you can keep it here on msnbc as this historic hurricane threatens millions. >>> i'm chris jansing. we are expecting to hear from florida governor rick scott about half an hour from now and of course we'll have that briefing for you live. but we just got this picture in from the white house, a short series of pictures. this is at camp david, the laurel lodge. you see the president with members of his cabinet who are talking about exactly what

most of the models showed central or southeastern florida being the main landfall area. because it shifted to the west, the impacts were not as significant as they could have been and it is not up there in terms of storm damage like katrina or harvey. you saw interaction with land over cuba that weekend the storm. through the history it was a still impressive storm. jargon?at is the that theount of energy tropical basin has any storm generated. will set the record today for the most amount of energy created. it has created an amazing amount of tropical energy already this season. so itl be watching jose, is a very active season but we got lucky with irma that it grazed cuba. alix: we just saw the average accumulation for energy, 120 versus 150 on average. why was this year so bad? >> we are no longer in the super el niÑo hangover. two years ago we had this vertical wind shear. alix: what does that mean? inwhen there is wind blowing different directions in different levels of the atmosphere. it is very possible when wind is strong for them to be ripped apart and unable to

border, these are the out edges believe it or not of hurricane irma as it comes on shore of southeastern floridassure in control, that mean as lot of sunshine and comfortable temperatures, mostly sunny 74, sun and clouds tomorrow, 78. . >>> "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >> hurricane irma makes land fall whipping into the florida coast. winds top 100 miles an hour. the storm surge on the rise. the path of destruction expanding. the storm is big. it is strong. the entire state of florida at risk. our team is spread all across the storm zone with live coverage. all the fact that is matter this week. >> from abc news it's a special edition of "this week." hurricane irma, monster storm. here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> good morning and welcome to this special edition of "this week." all eyes on that monster storm. hurricane irma has already decimated islands across the caribbean. the whole state of florida facing what could be it's worst hurricane ever. massive size. at least 24 hours of danger ahead. right now hurricane irma officially a category 4 with win

southeastern florida and the keys, five to ten feet. we also have a surge map that shows you where we expect the surges of nine meet or more stretching from naples all the way down into the everglades. again, that's where we see the most deaths out of those surges. again, as we said, 10 to 15 inches of rain. the problem, guys, is that with it slowing down, it looks like it's going to come on shore with those surges at the worst time, around high tide says. that could make the devastation even greater. >> goodness. thank you, al. >> as al showed, cuba and the bahamas feeling irma's effects right now. time running out for florida's residents to get somewhere safe before irma makes landfall there. lester holt is in miami beach this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. miami beach under a mandatory evacuation order. the winds howled all night. certainly not hurricane force, but we're feeling the storm. though it has taken a westward shift, this area not out of the danger zone. they are anticipating that water is g

southwestern florida, about 6 to 12 feet. 5 to 10 feet in southeastern florida, and the keys, about 3 to 6 feet. and from venice to cap tee va island, about 3 to 6 feet. rainfall amounts are going to be about 6 to 12 inches of rain. but the big deal is going to be the wind. the wind and the storm surge. those are the big problems here. in fact, most people, katy, unfortunately, lose their lives due to the storm surge. imagine if you're a 6 foot person and there's a 10 foot storm surge. that's water four feet above your head and that's assuming it's not high tide. if it's high tide, it will be even higher. so this storm coming in could not be any worse. and again, the other thing we want to stress, even though right now the track is a little further west, which may help miami, we're still a couple of days out. and there could be a wobble either way. so everybody has to be on their guard and cannot take this any less seriously. and don't be fooled by the numbers. category 4, category 5, this is a very dangerous storm. >> and it couldn't hit a worse place, al. florida is low lying. it is

with regard to naples, i think you are exactly right, the second landfall, i think southeastern florida, it's still an open question. you know, how much water damage? how long does it take to get out of here? then we will see what these storms do overnight tonight. whether or not we get tornadic activity. then i think the other concern, mike, really has to be in places like alabama and georgia. listen, you know georgia well. you've got those pine trees up in the atlanta area. you know, if they go down and they take the power lines with them, and then you've got another emergency there on behalf of the people in georgia and perhaps alabama and parts north, so, you know, it's not just going to be unfortunately an event here in florida tomorrow. it's going to extend throughout the entire southeast. so we'll watch those four things as we move throughout the night. melissa: i heard you say earlier the temperature had dropped considerably in the path i think you said about 90 minutes or so -- in the past, i think you said about 90 minutes or so. what does it feel like there? what has changed?

you look at it, there has been a tremendous amount of damage, especially down in the keys in southeastern florida, miami, broward counties. i think it's lived up to what we said it would do. >> al, it's bill here. i know you were in miami area and then you traveled all the way across the state. i'm sure you talked to a lot of people on your journey. what were they thinking going into this storm? i'm sure they were seeking to you for advice. >> well, i think everybody was asking, do you think this thing is going to live up to it? and should we, you know, pay attention to this? and i said yeah. gosh, i mean, bill, look, you were doing as much forecasting, more probably than i was. you know, you're looking at the spaghetti strands in the beginning. it covered the entire state from the gulf to the east side. and then they started to kind of constrict. but they still were -- the spaghetti strands were still covering the entire state. and we kept saying you got to look at this. if you're within that cone of uncertainty, you've got to pay attention. you've got to be vigilant. this is pretty much where i

then in southeastern florida, five to ten feet and north, it's a little about half of that. but most people are killed and the most damage is done in the surge, nicolle. so that's what we are most concerned about. that's what's so crazy about this storm that it could actually cause storm surge on both coasts, almost simultaneously. >> al, what you were describing about the change in the storm's path suggests that anyone that had an east-west evacuation plan probably needs to switch to the northward -- they probably need to head up to the center or the northern part of the state. is that something that they've spent a good deal of time and effort getting that message out? >> i think they have. i think they have been telling people go north. that, you know, really just going -- even folks who have been heading up to orlando, orlando is going to be involved in this. now, the good news is storm surge isn't going to come in that far inland. but there is going to be tremendous wind and there could be substantial wind damage. you're not going to start to see this lessen until you g

we're going to continue to stay on what is going on in southeastern florida, but here are live pictures now. i think they are live. they are pictures coming in. and these are live pictures of jacksonville, florida, right now. again, i want to remind you, it's a major population area. and it is the biggest city in the continental united states in terms of size, in terms of size. there is our friend sham champion who has just been amazing throughout the entire storm. where are you, sam? >> reporter: hey, ali. ali, stephanie, i'm in south beach. but let's work on jacksonville a little bit. i work in jacksonville before moving to new york. so the areas you're talking about in deval county, it's the largest city because jacksonville and duval county are the same. jacksonville is duval county. that area along the river floods a lot. those communities are constantly ready to move. and so jacksonville, this river that flows through that area, it floods in a lot of these neighborhoods. so they are going to, with all the rain that has been in north florida now, they are going to open up those bri

or i talked about this 24 hours ago and 36 hours ago, miami and the population centers in southeastern florida were the concern and now this is the concern. what's your sense of the level of preparation in tampa? >> i've been with the emergency operations people in tampa for the last two days and they are excellently prepared and there is a seemless and i'll give you an example down in naples and there's the university, and the university president of ave maria university opened the gymnasium and brought it in and it is entirely a private matter on his own and did that. people are helping people. i am very proud of our floridians. >> and senator, just as you're talking to me, i want to show our viewers, these are the various levels in tampa, starting with level a, b, c, d and e. if you look at a map of tampa right now. what the senator is saying water has all gone out and tourists are coming out to understand why there is no water in this area. it will come back in and all of the red is the level a. these are the areas with the mandatory evacuations. if you're a level b you may consider going

castro al-jazeera tampa florida well let's go live now to allan fisher who is in eastern and southeastern florida in miami a we can see everything looks relatively ok behind you right now allan but just give us a flavor of you know what people are waking up to today and what what the damage looks like. well this is the financial district of miami and we were here twenty four hours ago if you just take a look down here you can see that the roads are operating fairly normally there's mud on the roads there's a bit of localized flooding businesses are planning to be reopened again tomorrow behind me there is a road where there was a tree that was down it has been cut up and reopened but we're just going to call up the pictures from twenty four hours ago and you will see there's quite a bit of difference because at this time on sunday. and the water from the sea which is probably about a third of a kilometer half of a kilometer away had come all the we in line and was here up to probably about my knees so you can see just in time the water has eased the way and that makes the cleanup operation here e

in the next several hours it makes its way toward naples but it will be affecting southeastern florida with 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts, 3 to 5 feet storm surge and high tide is at 12:26. as it continues north, nape eldeld -- naples, ft. myers, they'll see 100 to 125-mile-per-hour winds, storm surges of 10 to 15 feet. overnight tonight into the night hours, tampa bay will see a storm surge of 5 to 8 feet with winds of 75 to 100 miles per hour. up in jacksonville on the et side of the state, 50 to 75-mile-per-hour winds. it will be 65-mile-per-hour winds where the governor is right now in tallahassee. and this system will continue to push up. we've had a big gust of 106 miles per hour. as the day wears on, those strong winds will make their way into the midsection of the state as well and this is going to be a 24-hour event. this system is going to take its sweet time getting through the state and then moving on into georgia and on into parts of the southeast. storm surge, again, the big problem. we cannot stress enough about this storm surge. we're talking about storm surge warnings f

in the next several hours it makes its way toward naples but it will be affecting southeastern florida with 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts, 3 to 5 feet storm surge and high tide is at 12:26. as it continues north, nape eldeld -- naples, ft. myers, they'll see 100 to 125-mile-per-hour winds, storm surges of 10 to 15 feet. overnight tonight into the night hours, tampa bay will see a storm surge of 5 to 8 feet with winds of 75 to 100 miles per hour. up in jacksonville on the east side of the state, 50 to 75-mile-per-hour winds. it will be 65-mile-per-hour winds where the governor is right now in tallahassee. and this system will continue to push up. we've had a big gust of 106 miles per hour. as the day wears on, those strong winds will make their way into the midsection of the state as well and this is going to be a 24-hour event. this system is going to take its sweet time getting through the state and then moving on into georgia and on into parts of the southeast. storm surge, again, the big problem. we cannot stress enough about this storm surge. we're talking about storm surge warnings

and saturday, it's in the florida straits no direct hit on this direct path to cuba. that direct hit is still close to unfortunately southeastern coast of florida, west palm beach. sunday:00 winds 140 miles reason hour working its way up east coast of florida and monday:00 it's category two somewhere near savannah charleston has to worry about that. continues to look at gulf of mex a.m. and florida pan handle may be able to take a sigh of relief but keep in mind with this hurricane being so huge it will have hurricane force winds out 50 miles perfect center and beyond that hurricane models have great agreement and keep it yesterday do die verge as we get later to the path. that's is the latest. as we look at tomorrow expect another cool day. but a lot more sunshine. the rain showers that have been lingering tonight look like they're going to be pulling away in the overnight hours. perhaps with a little bit of fog and then sunshine and that sunshine will take us through the weekend and on into the first part of monday. i'll have more on the 7 day forecast in a few minutes. shawn, tony. >> thank you, sue. >> well as you know the

to the keys with supplies later today let's bring in john, the former director of fema for southeastern florida we have 6 million-plus without power in florida you've just seen the devastation of the keys. add to that the ongoing recovery effort in texas from hurricane harvey and then the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico. the massive rebuild going on there. how is fema going to be able to handle this? how long will it take? how much will it cost? >> michelle, it's probably going to take some time. the categorization has to take place on an ongoing basis. you have to look at immediate needs. you have to look at getting hospitals back up and running. you have to look at facilities that care for the elderly for the people with various types of afflictions. as well as the people who have been made homeless so it's just a huge array of needs. and it's a -- it's almost a triage process it's a prioritization process. who's going to need help first who's going to need help second. and you try to work your way through that although your priorities, because of the realities of what you're seeing, are

storm surge still in effect, a warning for much of southeastern florida, wrapping all around from the keys and then up the west coast of florida on the gulf of mexico, which obviously now is in the far more serious situation. but still, miami-dade county is going to get wind impact, possibly category 1 and storm surge as well. at a last hour briefing by the miami-dade county center, senator marco rubio was there and he told everybody, do not take this lightly at this point. >> a tropical storm wind, which we are projected with great certainty to be impacted by, those are serious winds, that stuff blows off tiles, knocks down trees, don't be the guy that gets killed bid tree? every year we have the guy standing around and the tree falls on their head. don't be the guy or gal that gets killed by the tree. >> of course, yesterday, up in davy, florida, that's in broward county north of where we are, we had our first irma related fatality and that was a guy who was 15 feet up on a ladder trying to put shutters up on a second floor window, lost his balance and fell down and tragically passe